I'm in the midst of a 20 pen order which is the first time in quite awhile that I've turned more than two pens at the same time. Amazing how fast you forget a lot of the little things but so far things have been going great including the fix to my only blow out ---- My lathe is getting a little tired though, I think I might take the proceeds from the sale and 'invest' in a new lathe and a mt#2 to mt#1 adaptor (or mt#1 to Mt #2) whichever way you say it going from my current mt #1 to a new mt #2.